Exactly how much gold did Donald Trump add to the White House?
On Thursday, The Daily Beast reported, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino Jr. posted a video clip of the White House’s Cabinet Room, in which he “proudly showed off the tacky 24-karat gold decals that now fill its walls, their matching curtains, presidential portraits in gold frames, and more.”
Scavino posted the video to Instagram:
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“The clip begins by showing that Trump, 79, added a pair of golden trophies to sit atop a wooden credenza at the front of the room. On each side of the cabinet are the flags of the Space Force and the office of the president,” was how the Daily Beast described the decorations. “As Scavino pans to the right, the extent of the president’s remodeling comes into focus, including the addition of flags from every U.S. military branch.”
Ironically, the video uses John Williams’ Star Wars music on the very week that Trump is feuding with Mark Hamill, the actor who played Luke Skywalker.
“The video also captured decorative ceiling medallions that are, you guessed it, gold. Not even the door frames were spared, as Trump appears to have fitted them with gold piping, too,” the Beast description adds.
The walls, the Beast said, were much less “busy” before Trump’s makeover.
Trump had bragged about the Cabinet Room in a January meeting:
Trump begins his cabinet meeting:
“I think you probably noticed, the cabinet room is getting more and more beautiful… It’s, I think, quite spectacular. It’s never looked this good.” pic.twitter.com/CF9232PKuS
— FactPost (@factpostnews) January 29, 2026
“Even Trump’s first term saw little change to the room,” the report said. “He only changed some of the presidential portraits on display—something all presidents, including former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, did before and after him. Now, however, Trump has stuffed so many portraits in the room that there is hardly any open wall space.”
Also, as noted by The Daily Beast, former political candidate Kari Lake commented on the Instagram post, calling it “This is the greatest makeover in the history of America. The Trump House is amazing 🇺🇸.”
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
